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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALI3ANY, NEW YORK (51 R) 474·0479
UNIQUE SITE NO . ______
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YOUR NAME: ' Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: September 1987
YOUR ADDRESS : Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892
Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Offic e
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IDENTIFICATION
I. BUI LDI NG NAM E (S) : ~C..!..-==D~o:..:.;w~n!::s::........!H.!..:o~u~s~e~_=-----;--;---=-:;--____--::::---:---=-_-:-
2. COUNTy : =-S-=u:..=f-=f-=o-=l=k~:--r_-=-:-TOWN/CITY : Southold VILLAGE: East Marion
3 . STREET LOCATION : Main Rd., south side, bet. Rocky pt. Rd. and Old
4. OWNERSHIP : . a. public 0 h private 0 Orchard Rd.
5. PRESENT OWNER: ,.. J\DDRESS: __~_____---::==
6. US E : Original: ....c.:r'-e_s:...·l._·_d_e_n_c_e~______~Present: _-=r:....:e::.,:s:::.:l.::·=d.:::e.:..:n:.=c~e=--___~~
7 . ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC': .Exterior visible from public road: Xes ~ .
In t e ri or accessib Ie : Ex p la in ---.£p.:::r-=l.:.,.:v:..;a=..t-=--=.e--=-=-==--=-=-=-=-=-_
DESCRIPTION .
K BUILDING
MATERIAL:
9. STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM:
(if kno,vn)
10. CONDITION:
II. INTEGRITY:
a. clapboard 19
e. cobblestone 0
b. stone 0
f. shingles 0
c. brick 0
g. stucc'o 0
a. wood frame With inierlocking joints 0 ?
b. wood frame with light members 0
c. masonry load bearing walls 0
o the r :--.:.._____--=---.
d . metal (explain) _______~------=---=-----..:..
e . other, _ ______----'--___________
a. excellent [].: b. good 0 c. fair 0
a.' original site ~ b. moved 0 if so,when? ------~~~'c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
circa 1900 -Porch rebuilt.
I_KK XV -7a l >
12. PHOTO: neg: ~,fIn W' 13. MAP : NYS DOT composite
Greenport and Orient quads
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14 , THREATS TO BUILDING : a. none known @
d. developers '0
'b. zoning 0 c. roads 0
e. deterioration 0
f. other: ____~-----:----,-----:----:-~-~_:::=::===__'.
15 . RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
, a. barn 0 b. carriage house 0 .c. garage 0
, . d. privy 0 . e. shed Dc f. greenhouse 0 '
, g. shop 0 h. gardens 0
i. tandscapefeatures : arbor attached
, j. other :_.______--:-_'---__'----'--__,..--,-____,
SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING . (check more than one if necessary):
, a. open land Gil b. woodland ex
c. scattered buildings 0
. d. densely built·up 0 e. commercial 0
, f. industrial 0 g. reside~ti~l !XI
h. other: ,-'
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND ~URROUNDINGS :
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic dis~rict) ,
Located on Main Rd., historic Kings Hwy., (NYS Rte. 25-',
the east-west thoroughfare through East Marion. Low
medium density residential row of houses, of varying
historic date. . "
18 . OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features ir-known) ;
. -. .It story, 2 bay 2nd story, 3 bay ground story, side ~ntrance
plan Greek Revival house, gable end to the street. Gable
roof with heavy paired pendant brackets. Small under -
eave windows. Semi-wraparound porch with tapered posts,
4/4 windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Prior to 1873. circa 1859.
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HISTORICAL AND ARCHlfEC,(URAL IMPORTANCE : -
1> Owned ' byJ. Downs in 1873 and C,' Downs' in 1897 and 1909, '
this house "is a major 'component of East Marion's his
toric streetscape be.cause of its excellent integrity."
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21. SOURCES: Hyde and Co., Map " ~f Long Island, 1897.
Beers, ,Comstock, Atl~s of Long Island, 1873.
E. Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suffolk County, ~ L,I.,
2, North Side, Sound Shore, 1909. ~
22. TH01E: ' ,
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research